Monthly Archives: September 2023

September 29, 2023

Week ending September 29

Reminders:

Please wash quiet time towels this weekend and send them back to school Monday. Thank you!

If a green name tag is accidentally brought home, please send it back to school. Thank you!

 Important Dates

  • October 4: All school chapel, 9:10 am

What We Have Been Learning:

Bible: We read about Adam and Even and mistakes. We learned that God had a plan to save us from our sins. We made a cross out of Popsicle sticks to remind us that God’s plan is Jesus!

We enjoyed taste testing apples on Monday afternoon. Please ask your child if he/she remembers which apple was liked the most.

We used sidewalk chalk to write letters outside!

Nature Learning insect fun!

Math partner work


Playtime fun

September 22, 2023

Week ending September 22

Reminders:

Please wash quiet time towels this weekend and send them back to school Monday. Thank you!

If a green name tag is accidentally brought home, please send it back to school. Thank you!

 Important Dates

Tuesday, September 6 is our class picture day! please send in the envelope even if you aren’t ordering or placed an online order. Now is the time to place a yearbook order, but please note that yearbooks will be delivered in the spring.

  • Friday, September 29: stuffy day! Our burn bright raffle ticket winner chose stuffed animal day for our class Your child may bring in one stuffed animal on Friday.

What We Have Been Learning:

Bible: We read about creation. What an amazing and creative God to create such an amazing world. The class did such a good job reciting the Bible verse as a group.

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

God saw all that He had made, and it was very good. 

Genesis 1:1, 31a

We enjoyed Math centers this week.

We made it to 11 minutes this week in Read to Self! We had a few days that were 8 minutes, but that is still really good. Next week we will continue to build independent reading as I begin to work with small groups.

Fun with friends.

Outdoor Learning led us around the property on a bird watch.

We took a nature walk to observe the beginning of fall changes outside. It will be fun to notice each week how God is changing the trees outside.

We have been working so hard on letters, I had to give the kids an Unbelievable surprise-we would practice letter writing with shaving cream!

September 15, 2023

Week ending September 15

Reminders:

Please wash quiet time towels this weekend and send them back to school Monday. Thank you!

If a green name tag is accidentally brought home, please send it back to school. Thank you!

 Important Dates

What We Have Been Learning:

Bible: We finished our focused study on the fruit of the spirit. We will continue to review these throughout the year, especially focusing on Kindness. We began our study of creation. We are slowly reading how God created the earth. I love taking our time reading through each piece of creation so we can sit and appreciate the amazing world God created!

We will begin a new Bible verse next week:

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

God saw all that He had made, and it was very good. 

Genesis 1:1, 31a

Phonemic Awareness: This week we added syllables to our learning. This is helpful as we will break apart words in reading and writing.

We enjoyed a scavenger hunt during outdoor learning. We found a great treasure!

We were also so excited to release the butterflies.

Math Centers

We are learning how to read a book. We have 3 ways to read: 1. read the pictures 2. re-tell the story 3. read the words

Part of our Daily 5 structure is Read to Self. Students find a good spot to focus and read books. We are building stamina and working towards independent reading for at least 15 minutes. This week we read for 3 minutes and then made it to 5 minutes.

September 8, 2023

Week Ending September 8

Reminders:

Please wash quiet time towels this weekend and send them back to school Monday. Thank you!

If a green name tag is accidentally brought home, please send it back to school. Thank you!

 Important Dates

What We Have Been Learning:

Bible: We are almost reviewing the fruit of the spirit. It has been good to think through each description of love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and next week we will wrap up with self-control.

The class has also done a great job remembering our theme verse: “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: the old has gone, the new is here.” 2 Corinthians 5:17 We are reciting this together.

Phonics: We are recognizing the letters in our names.

Phonemic Awareness: We continue to listen for beginning sounds in words, ending sounds and understanding how words come together to make a compound word.

ABC Letter Review: this week we reviewed the sound and formation of H, I, J & K.

Social Emotional Learning: we focused on feelings this week. We looked at facial expressions and realized we could see how a person is feeling based on facial expressions.

Nature Rich Learning: We enjoyed a story outside and saw butterflies emerge from the chrysalis! What a miracle!

Math: Our lessons allowed students to recognize quantities without counting and describe what they saw. We acted out 5 little ducks 🙂

We sang with Mrs. Arnold’s class this week.

We discovered a new outdoor place between the buildings this week during Nature Rich.

 

We ended the week with praise and worship with all of the Kindergarten and Young 5’s afternoon friends.

September 2, 2023

Week ending August 31

Reminders:

Most quiet time towels went home, we’ll keep working on that 🙂 The goal is to send them home to be washed on Friday and then please return them back to school on Mondays (or Tuesday when we have a holiday)

If a green name tag is accidentally brought home, please send it back to school. Thank you!

 Important Dates

What We Have Been Learning:

The class is learning from other teachers in specials. Here is a sneak peek and music class.

We are learning about tools we will use in Math this year. This is our second year using Illustrative Math. It challenges students to think and talk about Math while working together.

Nature Rich Learning brought us a fun surprise! Mrs. Bosch found caterpillars last week and they have already formed a chrysalis. What a miracle in God’s creation.

We also explored outside.

Mrs. Koop talked to our class about the Bibles we will use in Kindergarten. She taught the class that we will see the world through the lens of the Bible-God’s world. It is a special book that God talks to us through.

We celebrated Crosby’s birthday!

We continue to work our way through the alphabet and focus on letter sound and formation. This week we reviewed D, E, F, G.

We introduced phonemic awareness. We are listening for beginning sounds, ending sounds and learning how words can come together to make a new word.

In Bible we are learning about the fruit of the spirit.

We are practicing our theme verse: 2 Corinthians 5:17 “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!”